Director Vasily Barkhtov talks to journalists ahead of the premiere of Dead Souls opera at the Bolshoi Theater as part of the Golden Mask festival.24.02.2012#1048725
Director Vasily Barkhtov talks to journalists ahead of the premiere of Dead Souls opera at the Bolshoi Theater as part of the Golden Mask festival.24.02.2012#1048724
Director Vasily Barkhtov talks to journalists ahead of the premiere of Dead Souls opera at the Bolshoi Theater as part of the Golden Mask festival.24.02.2012#1048723
Director Vasily Barkhtov talks to journalists ahead of the premiere of Dead Souls opera at the Bolshoi Theater as part of the Golden Mask festival.24.02.2012#1048722
Director Vasily Barkhtov talks to journalists ahead of the premiere of Dead Souls opera at the Bolshoi Theater as part of the Golden Mask festival.24.02.2012#1048721
Director Vasily Barkhtov talks to journalists ahead of the premiere of Dead Souls opera at the Bolshoi Theater as part of the Golden Mask festival.24.02.2012#1048720
Director Vasily Barkhtov talks to journalists ahead of the premiere of Dead Souls opera at the Bolshoi Theater as part of the Golden Mask festival.24.02.2012#1048719
Director Vasily Barkhtov talks to journalists ahead of the premiere of Dead Souls opera at the Bolshoi Theater as part of the Golden Mask festival.24.02.2012#1048718
Director Vasily Barkhtov talks to journalists ahead of the premiere of Dead Souls opera at the Bolshoi Theater as part of the Golden Mask festival.24.02.2012#1048717
A scene from Rodion Schedrin's opera Dead Souls directed by Vasily Barkhatov and presented by the the Mariinsky Theater at the Golden Mask festival in the Bolshoi Theater.24.02.2012#1048716
Actor Sergei Semishkur, foreground, as Nozdrev in a scene from Rodion Schedrin's opera Dead Souls directed by Vasily Barkhatov and presented by the the Mariinsky Theater at the Golden Mask festival in the Bolshoi Theater.24.02.2012#1048715
Actress Svetlana Vokova as Plushkin in a scene from Rodion Schedrin's opera Dead Souls directed by Vasily Barkhatov and presented by the the Mariinsky Theater at the Golden Mask festival in the Bolshoi Theater.24.02.2012#1048714
A scene from Rodion Schedrin's opera Dead Souls directed by Vasily Barkhatov and presented by the the Mariinsky Theater at the Golden Mask festival in the Bolshoi Theater.24.02.2012#1048713
A scene from Rodion Schedrin's opera Dead Souls directed by Vasily Barkhatov and presented by the the Mariinsky Theater at the Golden Mask festival in the Bolshoi Theater.24.02.2012#1048712
Actors Vladislav Sulimsky, left, as Chichikov in a scene from Rodion Schedrin's opera Dead Souls directed by Vasily Barkhatov and presented by the the Mariinsky Theater at the Golden Mask festival in the Bolshoi Theater.24.02.2012#1048711
Actor Vladislav Sulimsky as Chichikov, left, in a scene from Rodion Schedrin's opera Dead Souls directed by Vasily Barkhatov and presented by the the Mariinsky Theater at the Golden Mask festival in the Bolshoi Theater.24.02.2012#1048710
Actor Vladislav Sulimsky as Chichikov, right, in a scene from Rodion Schedrin's opera Dead Souls directed by Vasily Barkhatov and presented by the the Mariinsky Theater at the Golden Mask festival in the Bolshoi Theater.24.02.2012#1048709
Actor Vladislav Sulimsky as Chichikov, center, in a scene from Rodion Schedrin's opera Dead Souls directed by Vasily Barkhatov and presented by the the Mariinsky Theater at the Golden Mask festival in the Bolshoi Theater.24.02.2012#1048708
From left: actors Vladislav Sulimsky as Chichikov and Sergei Semishkur as Nozdrev in a scene from Rodion Schedrin's opera Dead Souls directed by Vasily Barkhatov and presented by the the Mariinsky Theater at the Golden Mask festival in the Bolshoi Theater.24.02.2012#1048707
Actor Sergei Semishkur as Nozdrev in a scene from Rodion Schedrin's opera Dead Souls directed by Vasily Barkhatov and presented by the the Mariinsky Theater at the Golden Mask festival in the Bolshoi Theater.24.02.2012#1048706
A scene from Rodion Schedrin's opera Dead Souls directed by Vasily Barkhatov presented by the the Mariinsky Theater at the Golden Mask festival in the Bolshoi Theater .24.02.2012#1048705
From left: Composer Rodion Schedrin and Valery Gergiyev, chief conductor and art director f the Mariinsky Theater, ahead of the premiere of Dead Souls opera at the Bolshoi Theater as part of the Golden Mask festival.24.02.2012#1048704
Valery Gergiyev, chief conductor and art director of the Mariinsky Theater, ahead of the premiere of the opera Dead Souls at the Bolshoi Theater as part of the Golden Mask festival.24.02.2012#1048703
Valery Gergiyev, chief conductor and art director of the Mariinsky Theater, ahead of the premiere of the opera Dead Souls at the Bolshoi Theater as part of the Golden Mask festival.24.02.2012#1048702
Composer Rodion Schedrin ahead of the premiere of his opera Dead Souls at the Bolshoi Theater as part of the Golden Mask festival.24.02.2012#1048701
Composer Rodion Schedrin ahead of the premiere of his opera Dead Souls at the Bolshoi Theater as part of the Golden Mask festival.24.02.2012#1048700
Composer Rodion Schedrin ahead of the premiere of his Dead Souls opera at the Bolshoi Theater as part of the Golden Mask festival.24.02.2012#1048699
